One has to wonder how many times photographers like Richard Steinheimer, Ted Benson, and Ron Nixon stood on the platform of the Missoula, Montana Milwaukee Depot. Their hope? The headlight of a MI... (more)

The Mission Mountain local heads north at Columbia Falls, Montana late on a Friday afternoon in June, 2011.

With their train in tow the crew of MRLs Darby local starts the trip down the Bitterroot Branch on the morning of Friday, May 22, 2009. Behind the two GP35s is traffic for costomers at Victor and ... (more)

"The Playground" - Missoula, Montana has often been discribed as a playground of mountains and rivers and few vantage points prove that as well as the scene from atop Mt. Sentinel and Hellgate Can... (more)

In the Footprints of Legends: When shooting on Washington County’s Connecticut River Division your likely shooting in the footprints of New England legends such as Phil Hastings, Alan Thomas and... (more)

Steam in the City of Roses: Spokane, Portland and Seattle 4-8-4 No. 700 departs Portland Union Station after being on display on May 11 for National Train Day. The locomotive is returning t... (more)

Under powered and over tonnaged MRL's Night Gas was forced to take "The River," otherwise known as the 4th Sub along the Clark Fork. With two classic SD45-2s leading the way into the western sun c... (more)

The Empire Builder: Amtrak's No. 8, the Empire Builder, rolls east through Browning, Mont. on Aug. 25, 2013. The second unit is No. 184, which sports Amtrak's Phase IV heritage scheme. Smok... (more)

F still stands for freight, as seen in this view from Bartlett, New Hampshire as Conway Scenic 6516 leads sister 6505 with a high and wide extra on June 20, 2009.

On a bright Thursday morning Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, crosses the Middle Fork of the Flathead River at Coram, Mont. The second unit is Amtrak Phase I heritage unit No. 156.

With a consist only Montana Rail Link could create, MRL SD40-2 261 leads an SD70ACe and two GP9s on the Night Gas up Evaro Hill on the evening of July 10, 2011. The train has just reached the summ... (more)

The Northwest: While a big chunk of Montana is part of the Great Plains, the state's geography takes on a much different personality west of the Continental Divide. Northwest Montana, espec... (more)

This rock outcropping about halfway up Missoula, Montana's 5,168 foot Mt. Sentinel, provides an excellent spot for the college railfan to study, enjoy the views and of course do a little photograp... (more)

MRL SD45-2 382 leads the Day Gas back east into Missoula on the morning of May 18, 2009. It's seen here coming down Evaro Hill near Ladyslipper Crossing.

On a cold and raw winter day in the northeast, an MBTA PCC zips along the Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed Line at Cedar Grove on one of the last lines in the northeast to still use PCC cars in regular... (more)